Lucy Durán
Biographic Data
| ID | 109990 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lucy Durán |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lucy |
| FAMILY NAME | Durán |
| SIGNATURE | DURÁN L |
| AFFILIATIONS | SOAS University of London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Roots in Reverse
Konting
Poyi!Bamanajelimusic, Mali and the blues
The search for the African roots of the blues has long been a subject of fascination to writers, scholars and musicians, with Mali taking an increasingly central role in the popular imagination as the missing link in the blues’ DNA. Many Malian artists have found their music being labelled by journalists and record companies with such tags as ‘Mali Blues’, ‘Desert Blues’ and ‘Bambara Blues’, in recognition of the strong stylistic similarities wit…
Ngaraya
This article aims to contribute to an understanding of the evaluation of musical artistry in Africa, through Mali as a case study. The discussion focuses on the informal discourses of the occupational group of Mande artisan-musicians known as jeli (pl. jeliw, jalilu), concerning the ideal of musical greatness, signified by the polysemic term ngaraya; while there is consensus about the ideal, there is much debate about who qualifies. Drawing on ex…
Jairazbhoy, Nazir A(li)
Picken, Laurence
Baud-Bovy, Samuel
Birds of Wasulu
Wassoulou is a type of semi‐acoustic music that has been popular in Mali since the 1970s. This paper, an ethnography of wassoulou, traces its roots to the music of masquerade and the hunters' traditions of the Wasulu region in the south, and explores the ways in which the cultural worlds of these traditions are evoked through the music. Wassoulou performers are called birds (kono) and occupy a social r61e that allows them to comment on social iss…
Essays on Cuban Music
A Carnival of Cuban Music
Huaynos & Huaylas. The Real Music of Peru
Kaira
Key to N'Dour
Overland travel in Senegal and Gambia is the best introduction to local music. Blaring out from every market stall, taxi radio-cassette and record shop in every town along the trans-Gambian highway, is the music of Youssou N'Dour, Baaba Maal, Ismael Lo, Super Diamono, Toure Kunda or some kora player. The smells of perfumed incense and smoked fish mingle with the rich inflections of Youssou's voice. You stop to buy a piece of tie-dye cloth, or may…
On Music in Contemporary West Africa
Journal Article ON MUSIC IN CONTEMPORARY WEST AFRICA Get access KWABENA FOSU-MENSAH, KWABENA FOSU-MENSAH Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar LUCY DURAN, LUCY DURAN Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar CHRIS STAPLETON CHRIS STAPLETON Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 86, Issue 343, April 1987, Pages 227–240, https…
A. L. Lloyd–a Tribute
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Birds of Wasulu
Wassoulou is a type of semi‐acoustic music that has been popular in Mali since the 1970s. This paper, an ethnography of wassoulou, traces its roots to the music of masquerade and the hunters' traditions of the Wasulu region in the south, and explores the ways in which the cultural worlds of these traditions are evoked through the music. Wassoulou performers are called birds (kono) and occupy a social r61e that allows them to comment on social iss…
Key to N'Dour
Overland travel in Senegal and Gambia is the best introduction to local music. Blaring out from every market stall, taxi radio-cassette and record shop in every town along the trans-Gambian highway, is the music of Youssou N'Dour, Baaba Maal, Ismael Lo, Super Diamono, Toure Kunda or some kora player. The smells of perfumed incense and smoked fish mingle with the rich inflections of Youssou's voice. You stop to buy a piece of tie-dye cloth, or may…
Poyi!Bamanajelimusic, Mali and the blues
The search for the African roots of the blues has long been a subject of fascination to writers, scholars and musicians, with Mali taking an increasingly central role in the popular imagination as the missing link in the blues’ DNA. Many Malian artists have found their music being labelled by journalists and record companies with such tags as ‘Mali Blues’, ‘Desert Blues’ and ‘Bambara Blues’, in recognition of the strong stylistic similarities wit…
Ngaraya
This article aims to contribute to an understanding of the evaluation of musical artistry in Africa, through Mali as a case study. The discussion focuses on the informal discourses of the occupational group of Mande artisan-musicians known as jeli (pl. jeliw, jalilu), concerning the ideal of musical greatness, signified by the polysemic term ngaraya; while there is consensus about the ideal, there is much debate about who qualifies. Drawing on ex…
On Music in Contemporary West Africa
Journal Article ON MUSIC IN CONTEMPORARY WEST AFRICA Get access KWABENA FOSU-MENSAH, KWABENA FOSU-MENSAH Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar LUCY DURAN, LUCY DURAN Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar CHRIS STAPLETON CHRIS STAPLETON Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 86, Issue 343, April 1987, Pages 227–240, https…
A. L. Lloyd–a Tribute
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
On Music in Contemporary West Africa
Journal Article ON MUSIC IN CONTEMPORARY WEST AFRICA Get access KWABENA FOSU-MENSAH, KWABENA FOSU-MENSAH Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar LUCY DURAN, LUCY DURAN Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar CHRIS STAPLETON CHRIS STAPLETON Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 86, Issue 343, April 1987, Pages 227–240, https…
Key to N'Dour
Overland travel in Senegal and Gambia is the best introduction to local music. Blaring out from every market stall, taxi radio-cassette and record shop in every town along the trans-Gambian highway, is the music of Youssou N'Dour, Baaba Maal, Ismael Lo, Super Diamono, Toure Kunda or some kora player. The smells of perfumed incense and smoked fish mingle with the rich inflections of Youssou's voice. You stop to buy a piece of tie-dye cloth, or may…
Kaira
A Carnival of Cuban Music
Huaynos & Huaylas. The Real Music of Peru
Essays on Cuban Music
Birds of Wasulu
Wassoulou is a type of semi‐acoustic music that has been popular in Mali since the 1970s. This paper, an ethnography of wassoulou, traces its roots to the music of masquerade and the hunters' traditions of the Wasulu region in the south, and explores the ways in which the cultural worlds of these traditions are evoked through the music. Wassoulou performers are called birds (kono) and occupy a social r61e that allows them to comment on social iss…
Jairazbhoy, Nazir A(li)
Picken, Laurence
Baud-Bovy, Samuel
Ngaraya
This article aims to contribute to an understanding of the evaluation of musical artistry in Africa, through Mali as a case study. The discussion focuses on the informal discourses of the occupational group of Mande artisan-musicians known as jeli (pl. jeliw, jalilu), concerning the ideal of musical greatness, signified by the polysemic term ngaraya; while there is consensus about the ideal, there is much debate about who qualifies. Drawing on ex…
Konting
Poyi!Bamanajelimusic, Mali and the blues
The search for the African roots of the blues has long been a subject of fascination to writers, scholars and musicians, with Mali taking an increasingly central role in the popular imagination as the missing link in the blues’ DNA. Many Malian artists have found their music being labelled by journalists and record companies with such tags as ‘Mali Blues’, ‘Desert Blues’ and ‘Bambara Blues’, in recognition of the strong stylistic similarities wit…
Roots in Reverse
Art (8 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · History (5 works) · African history and culture studies (4 works) · Art history (4 works) · History (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works)